Editing Yellowstone National Park (section)

== Notable deaths ==

* In 1970, a nine-year-old boy, Andrew Clark Hecht, accidentally fell into [[Crested Pool]] spring and died.<ref>{{cite book |last=Whittlesey |first=Lee H. |title=Death in Yellowstone |publisher=Robert Rinehart Publishers |year=1995 |isbn=978-1-57098-021-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/deathinyellowsto00whit }}</ref> The Andrew Clark Hecht Memorial Public Safety Achievement Award was created in his memory, and is annually given to the individual or group who contributes the most in public safety. The recipient also receives $1,000 [[United States dollar|USD]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://home.nps.gov/applications/release/Detail.cfm?ID=25 |title=National Park Service Director Lauds Safety Day |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2007-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061001190850/http://home.nps.gov/applications/release/Detail.cfm?ID=25 |archive-date=2006-10-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* A 63-year-old hiker from [[Billings, Montana]], was fatally attacked by a [[grizzly bear]] on August 6, 2015, near the Elephant Back Loop Trail; park officials later euthanized the bear, citing public safety concerns.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Identity of Victim in Grizzly Attack Released - Yellowstone National Park (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/15055.htm |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=www.nps.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Perkins |first=Lucy |date=2015-08-13 |title=Female Grizzly Bear In Yellowstone Put To Death After Killing Hiker |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/13/432146758/female-grizzly-bear-in-yellowstone-euthanized-after-killing-hiker |access-date=2025-03-20 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Death of Colin Scott]] (2016) – a 23-year-old American man from Portland, Oregon, died after falling into a thermal hot spring in the [[Norris Geyser Basin]]
* In October 2024, Grizzly 399, a 28-year-old female renowned in the Grand Teton National Park area, was struck and killed by a vehicle on Highway 26/89 in Snake River Canyon, Wyoming. She was the oldest known reproducing female in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, having raised numerous cubs and attracting many visitors.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peterson |first=Christine |date=2024-10-24 |title=Grizzly Bear 399, Mother of 18 Cubs, Is Killed by Driver |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/24/science/grizzly-bear-399-killed.html#:~:text=Grizzly%20bear%20399,%20one%20of,Tuesday%20south%20of%20Jackson,%20Wyo. |access-date=2025-03-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>